Light Help?

[JBFG]

Can you guy tell me what you think of this light?

good backup?
Strong enough for primary?
Anyone heard of this brand?

UltraFire IPX 8 2000LM CREE XM L T6 LED Flashlight Diving Torch Lamp 18650 Kit | eBay

 

[buddhasummer]

What conditions do you dive in? Low viz? Do you use your light for signaling or just looking around?

Not cheap but great lights:

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---------- Post added January 19th, 2014 at 12:03 PM ----------

I have no knowledge of the light you reference, sorry.

 

[MRTdiver]

Can you guy tell me what you think of this light?

good backup?
Strong enough for primary?
Anyone heard of this brand?

UltraFire IPX 8 2000LM CREE XM L T6 LED Flashlight Diving Torch Lamp 18650 Kit | eBay

I've had this light, but the MagicShine version. I had 2 of them and so did my closest dive buddy.

UltraFire has been selling many lights, they have some good budget lights. But I'm referring to non-diving lights.

This could be used as a primary dive light. It's bright enough for regular recreational diving.

everything from this point is negative...

The front bezel is sorta sharp. It cut my drysuit wrist seal - that didn't make me happy. I sanded the bezel down to smooth it out.

make sure front bezel is screwed on tight - this is a common leaking point. In the past I unscrewed mine and added silicone grease to threads to prevent that.

Useless strobe modes - at least I don't like them.

No bolt snap attachment point at the tailcap.

They give you UltraFire 18650 cells. These are some of the worst/crappiest batteries out there. Pretty much anything that says xxx-Fire are garbage.

In general Li-ion batteries have awesome performance for high amperage draw. I did a post where to find quality cells (here)

There are better lights out there for a good deal.

 

[JBFG]

I want to start diving locally in Canada. Probably in Ontario as of this summer. So I'm not sure what he vis is like, but I assume low ish.

Thanx for the feedback, I'll pass on this one

---------- Post added January 19th, 2014 at 06:44 PM ----------

any recommendation for a good light that is under $100?

 

[Dive-aholic]

Here's a light I use - R1 Dive Light [LightR1] - $100.00 : Chipola Divers, Sidemount, Technical, & Cave Diving Instruction & Mentoring

I've compared it to a few lights including a canister light rated to 700 lumens and a handheld rated to 1000 lumens and it's brighter than both of those. It uses standard AAA batteries, is lightweight and durable.

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